Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.
Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.
Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.
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Speculative horror and dark fantasy fiction often blend psychological realism with classic folkloric terror, as demonstrated in the award-winning novel The Changeling. Victor LaValle has established a notable body of work that reimagines traditional fairy tales, gothic monsters, and cosmic horror through modern social frameworks and urban settings. His writing spans short stories, novels, novellas, and comic books, earning accolades across both literary and genre fiction.
Born on February 3, 1972, in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York, by his Ugandan mother and grandmother, Victor LaValle developed an early passion for horror literature and comic books. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. LaValle debuted in 1999 with the short-story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, followed by his debut novel The Ecstatic in 2002. He went on to write four additional novels—Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women—alongside novellas such as Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom, as well as comic series including Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve.
In addition to his career as an author, LaValle serves as a professor and Fiction Concentration Head at Columbia University. His fiction has earned numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, Shirley Jackson Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and a British Fantasy Award. His work has also expanded into screenwriting and adaptation, including the television adaptation of The Changeling for Apple TV and his role as creator and showrunner for the adaptation of The Devil in Silver.
LaValle's narrative style combines eerie supernatural elements with acute social commentary on race, mental health, isolation, and family dynamics. Drawing inspiration from classic creators like Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, and H.P. Lovecraft, he frequently subverts established genre tropes by placing marginalized characters at the center of supernatural encounters. The Changeling operates as a dark fairy tale designed to evoke fear through anxiety surrounding parenthood and modern technology, while The Ballad of Black Tom reinterprets classic cosmic horror to critique historic racial oppression.
4 books in catalog
Speculative horror and dark fantasy fiction often blend psychological realism with classic folkloric terror, as demonstrated in the award-winning novel The Changeling. Victor LaValle has established a notable body of work that reimagines traditional fairy tales, gothic monsters, and cosmic horror through modern social frameworks and urban settings. His writing spans short stories, novels, novellas, and comic books, earning accolades across both literary and genre fiction.
Born on February 3, 1972, in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York, by his Ugandan mother and grandmother, Victor LaValle developed an early passion for horror literature and comic books. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University. LaValle debuted in 1999 with the short-story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, followed by his debut novel The Ecstatic in 2002. He went on to write four additional novels—Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Lone Women—alongside novellas such as Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom, as well as comic series including Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Eve.
In addition to his career as an author, LaValle serves as a professor and Fiction Concentration Head at Columbia University. His fiction has earned numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, Shirley Jackson Awards, a World Fantasy Award, and a British Fantasy Award. His work has also expanded into screenwriting and adaptation, including the television adaptation of The Changeling for Apple TV and his role as creator and showrunner for the adaptation of The Devil in Silver.
LaValle's narrative style combines eerie supernatural elements with acute social commentary on race, mental health, isolation, and family dynamics. Drawing inspiration from classic creators like Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, and H.P. Lovecraft, he frequently subverts established genre tropes by placing marginalized characters at the center of supernatural encounters. The Changeling operates as a dark fairy tale designed to evoke fear through anxiety surrounding parenthood and modern technology, while The Ballad of Black Tom reinterprets classic cosmic horror to critique historic racial oppression.
